Virus found!

[crazygal]

I've been downloading some large zip files and a few had viruses in them. Norton said it found and cleaned them. So should I try and use the files anyway or does a virus pretty much mean that the whole thing is a dud?

 

[pulse8]

I'd erase them.

 

[Leetman]

Probably not a good idea to use them even if it did clean out whatever it found 😉

 

[waylman]

Originally posted by: crazygal
I've been downloading some large zip files and a few had viruses in them. Norton said it found and cleaned them. So should I try and use the files anyway or does a virus pretty much mean that the whole thing is a dud?

oh, you dirty girl.

 

[crazygal]

Really? Damn, I was hoping that I could still use them after the virus was deleted.

 

[jfall]

what kind of file?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Warez

 

[crazygal]

Well they're supposed to be zip files but for whatever reason they're called "filename.exe" intead of .zip. But when I scan them, all the compressed files are still in there.

 

[crazygal]

No, not warez. But the site is kinda weird and in a different language.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Link?

 

[hopeless879]

Originally posted by: crazygal
Well they're supposed to be zip files but for whatever reason they're called "filename.exe" intead of .zip. But when I scan them, all the compressed files are still in there.

Anything that has an .exe extension that you get from a questionable website i'd be wary of.

In this case, delete them now.

 

[Ime]

I wouldn't mess with them.

If I were you I'd delete them.

 

[crazygal]

No, no links. I was just wondering what the odds were before I deleted it or tried to use it still.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: crazygal
No, not warez. But the site is kinda weird and in a different language.

Wanna buy a Russian girl eh 😉

 

[Shooters]

If they really are zip files then you should be able to rename the extension from exe to zip and then view and retrieve the compressed files without actually running the exe.

 

[crazygal]

Ah, I'll try that then. I'm pretty sure what I want is in there (judging by the file names) so if Norton nuked the virus, I'm hoping it's ok.

 

[crazygal]

Actually....is there an online virus scanner that I can use to double check these things? (free too btw)

 

[LOLyourFace]

Originally posted by: crazygal
Actually....is there an online virus scanner that I can use to double check these things? (free too btw)

i bookmarked this and use it everytime!

much better than installing some bloated antivirus software.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Just download/install winrar then right click on the exe and decompress to a folder.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Would help if you'd actually share a bit more about the files as in where they are from, what sort of things, etc.